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Call

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029791
MRDS ID M007562
Record type Site
Current site name Call
Related records 10259921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.80393, 41.97843 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018N 003E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.80393, 41.97843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shelly Creek

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 225

  • Deposit

    J.C. O'BRIEN, 1952 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 48 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 295

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO CLAIMS. USGS B. 995-C, PL. 11, SHOWS BLUE ROCK AU VERY CLOSE TO S1/4 COR. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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